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The primary purpose of the Community Mental Health Center Act of 1963 was:
A. getting better tx in larger, more urban areas.
B. moving pts to their home community for tx.
C. providing former pts with employment opportunities.
D. removing the stigma of living in an institution. - correct answersB
Managed care is designed to:
A. control health care costs by limiting access to care.
B. keep health care costs from increasing over time.
C. limit the amt of $ pd to Dr and hospitals.
D. maintain a balance between the quality and costs of health care. - correct answersD
Hospitals established by Dorthea Dix were designed to provide which of the following?
A. Asylum
B. Confinement
C. Therapeutic meleu
D. Public safety - correct answersA
Hildegard Peplau is best known for her writing about which of the following?
A. community based care
B. Humane tx
C. psychopharmacology
D. therapeutic nurse-client relationship - correct answersD
Mental health parity laws ensure
A. better quality menta health tx
B. quality in insurance coverage for mental illness
,C. mental health tx without stigma
D. persons receiving tx who really need it - correct answersB
1st American psychiatric nurse - correct answersLinda Richards
Who wanted Moral tx of the mentally ill - correct answersDorothea Dix
Who wanted Therapeutic nurse-client relationship - correct answersHildegard Peplau
Who wanted Asylum as a safe refuge - correct answersPhillippe Pinel and William Dukes
Who wanted Classification of mental disorders according to symptoms - correct answersEmil Kraepelin
Compensation - correct answersover achievement in one area to offset real or perceived deficiencies in
another area
ex of compensation - correct answersNurse with low self esteem works double shifts so that her
supervisor will like her
conversion - correct answersexpression of an emotional conflict through the development f a physical
s/s, usually sensorimotor in nature
ex of conversion - correct answersteen forbidden to see x-rated movies is tempted by friends and
develops blindness, and the teen is unconcerned about the loss of sight
denial - correct answersrefusing to believe or even perceive painful realities
ex of denial - correct answersdiabetic who eats chocolate, spending money freely when broke
,displacement - correct answersdiverting emotional feelings (usually anger) from their original source to
a substitute target
ex of displacement - correct answerschild who is harassed by a bully at school mistreats their younger
sibling
dissociation - correct answersa way of dealing with emotional conflict by a temporary alteration in
consciousness or identity
ex of dissociation - correct answersadult remembers nothing of childhood sexual abuse; amnesia
prevents recall of yesterday's car accident
fixation - correct answersfailure to move forward from one psychosexual stage to another as expected -
immobilization of a portion of the personality
ex of fixation - correct answersnever learning to delay gratification or lacking a clear sense of identity in
an adult
identification - correct answersan attempt to define one's self-concept by modeling the actions and
opinions of someone else
ex of identification - correct answersa nursing student becomes a critical care nurse because this is the
specialty of the instructor she admires
intellectualization - correct answersseparation of the emotions of a painful event or situation from the
facts
ex of intellectualization - correct answersperson shows no emotion while discussing a serious car
accident
introjection - correct answersaccepting another persons attitudes, beliefs, and values as one's own
, ex of introjection - correct answersperson who dislikes guns becomes an avid hunter like his best friend
projection - correct answersunconscious attribution of unacceptable inclinations or thoughts to others
ex of projection - correct answersman who has thoughts about same sex relationships, but has not had
one, beats a man who is openly gay
rationalization - correct answersexcusing own behavior to avoid guilt, responsibility, conflict, anxiety, or
loss of self-respect
ex of rationalization - correct answersman beats his wife because she doesn't listen to him
reaction formation - correct answersacting the opposite of what one thinks or feels
ex of reaction formation - correct answerswoman who never wanted kids becomes supermom, person
who despises boss tells everyone what a great boss he is
ex of regression - correct answersman pouts like a 4 year old if girlfriend does not give him enough
attention
ex of repression - correct answerswoman has no memory of mugging yesterday
resistance - correct answersovert or covert antagonism toward remembering or processing anxiety
producing information
ex of resistance - correct answersnurse is too busy with tasks to spend time talking to a dying patient;
person attends court ordered AA but refuses to participate
sublimation - correct answerssubstituting a socially acceptable activity for an impulse that's
unacceptable